Bernardo Bertolucci / filmography

The extended filmography by Bernardo Bertolucci lists all the works of the Italian director with additional information. The list shows which people Bertolucci worked with at which stages of his career. Bertolucci did not use an actor more than once in the lead roles. Supporting roles are only mentioned insofar as the respective actors have worked in other Bertolucci films. Stefania Sandrelli holds most roles in Bertolucci films with four appearances.

The Duration column indicates the length of the film in minutes. When it comes to film material, a distinction is made between black and white (b & w) and color (f).

year	German title Original title	Duration / material	producer	camera	music	Leading roles supporting roles	Places of action	description
1956	La teleferica	≈10 / sw 16 mm	-		without sound	Amateur actors	near Parma	First film by 15-year-old Bertolucci
1956	La morte del maiale	≈10 / sw 16 mm	-			Amateur actors	near Parma	Recordings of a pig slaughter
1962	La Commare Secca	100 / bw 35 mm	Tonino Cervi	Gianni Narzisi	Carlo Rustichelli , Piero Piccioni	Non-professional actor, Allen Midgette	Rome	Lyrical drama about the Roman sub-proletariat and petty criminals
1964	Before the revolution, Prima della rivoluzione	112 / bw 35 mm	Mario Bernocchi	Aldo Scavarda	Ennio Morricone , pieces by Verdi	Francesco Barilli , Adriana Asti , Allen Midgette	Parma	Self-discovery drama by a young man from a middle-class family who believes in communism
1966	La via del petrolio	48/40/45 / black 16 mm	Georgio Patara	Ugo Piccone et al. a.	E. Macchi , pieces by Verdi	-	Iran, lake, Europe	TV documentary on behalf of ENI about oil production and transport, three episodes
1966	Il canale	12 / f 35 mm	Georgio Patara	Piccone, Salvadori	Egisto Macchi	-	Suez Canal	By-product of La via del petrolio
1968	partner	105 / f 35 mm	Giovanni Bertolucci	Ugo Piccone	Ennio Morricone	Pierre Clémenti , Stefania Sandrelli	Rome	Formally and politically radical, Godard- influenced "68s" cinema
1969	Agony Agonia	28 / f 35 mm	Carlo Lizzani	Ugo Piccone	Giovanni Fusco	Julian Beck and Living Theater Ensemble	-	An episode of love and anger filmed in the studio
year	German title Original title	Duration / material	producer	camera	music	Leading roles supporting roles	Places of action	description
1970	The strategy of the spider La strategia del ragno	110 / f 35 mm	Giovanni Bertolucci	Vittorio Storaro	Pieces by Verdi and Schönberg	Giulio Brogi , Alida Valli , Allen Midgette	Emilia region	Allusive poem about conspiracies and the entanglements of history
1970	The great error / The conformist Il conformista	110 / f 35 mm	Maurizio Lodi-Fé	Vittorio Storaro	Georges Delerue	Jean-Louis Trintignant , Stefania Sandrelli, Dominique Sanda , Pierre Clémenti	Rome, Paris	Visually sophisticated psychogram of an adaptive character brought international breakthrough
1971	La salute è malata o I poveri muoiono great	35 / bw 16 mm	-	Bisignani , Tafuri		-	Rome	Propaganda film on behalf of the KPI
1972	The last tango in Paris Ultimo tango a Parigi	124 / f 35 mm	Alberto Grimaldi	Vittorio Storaro	Gato Barbieri	Marlon Brando , Maria Schneider , Jean-Pierre Léaud	Paris	Aging man with agony meets young woman; drastic sex scenes resulted in worldwide scandal success
1976	1900 Novecento	317 / f 35 mm	Alberto Grimaldi	Vittorio Storaro	Ennio Morricone, pieces by Verdi	Gérard Depardieu , Robert De Niro , Dominique Sanda, Stefania Sandrelli, Alida Valli	near Parma	An opulent historical painting of Italy from 1900 to 1945 depicts the “class struggle” between farmers and landowners
1979	La Luna	135 / f 35 mm	Giovanni Bertolucci	Vittorio Storaro	Pieces by Verdi and Mozart	Jill Clayburgh , Matthew Barry , Alida Valli, Renato Salvatori	Rome, Parma, New York	Narrative with opera scenes about an incestuous mother-son relationship
1981	The tragedy of a ridiculous man La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo	116 / f 35 mm	Giovanni Bertolucci	Carlo Di Palma	Ennio Morricone	Ugo Tognazzi , Anouk Aimée , Renato Salvatori	near Parma	Satirical-dreary "crime thriller" about the kidnapping case about the nebulous political situation in Italy
1985	Cartolina dalla Cina	10 / f video	-	BB u. a.		-	-	TV documentary about the project The Last Emperor
1987	The Last Emperor The Last Emperor	160 / f 35 mm	Jeremy Thomas	Vittorio Storaro	Ryūichi Sakamoto , David Byrne , Cong Su	John Lone , Joan Chen Peter O'Toole	Beijing, Tianjin, Manchuria	Elaborate history painting about the life of Pu Yi , the last emperor of China; 9 Oscars
year	German title Original title	Duration / material	producer	camera	music	Leading roles supporting roles	Places of action	description
1990	Skies over the desert The Sheltering Sky	134 / f 35 mm	Jeremy Thomas	Vittorio Storaro	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Debra Winger , John Malkovich	Morocco	American couple get lost in spirit on their journey from Tangier to the Sahara
1990	Bologna , contribution in 12 registi per 12 città	<1 / f			Nicola Piovani	-	Bologna	Short portrait of the city for the 1990 World Cup
1993	Little Buddha	135 / f 35 mm	Jeremy Thomas	Vittorio Storaro	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Keanu Reeves	Bhutan, Nepal, Seattle	Search for Buddhist reincarnation and mythical sagas about Buddha's life
1996	Feeling and Seduction Stealing Beauty	113 / f 35 mm	Jeremy Thomas	Darius Khondji	Richard Hartley	Liv Tyler , Jeremy Irons , Stefania Sandrelli	near Chianti	First erotic experience of a young American woman in Italy
1998	Shandurai and the piano player L'assedio / Besieged	93 / f 35 mm	Massimo Cortesi	Fabio Cianchetti	Alessio Vlad	Thandie Newton , David Thewlis	Rome	African woman who fled from dictatorship is courted by a cranky pianist
2002	Histoire d'eaux	10 / sw		Fabio Cianchetti	Song by Nino Ferrer	Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	Italy	Short parable from Ten Minutes Older - The Cello
2003	Die Träumer I sognatori , also The Dreamers	115 / f	Jeremy Thomas	Fabio Cianchetti	various rock titles	Eva Green , Louis Garrel , Michael Pitt	Paris	Three teenagers celebrate politics, cinema and sex during the Paris May 1968
2012	Me and you Io e te	103 / f 35 mm	Mario Gianani	Fabio Cianchetti	Franco Piersanti	Jacopo Olmo Antinori , Tea Falco	Italy	Two young half-siblings spend days secluded in the cellar
2013	Venice 70: Future Reloaded	120 / f	Venice Film Festival	-	-	-	Italy	A film made by 70 directors for the 70th birthday of the Venice Film Festival, to which Bertolucci contributed a short film lasting around 100 seconds

Remarks

1. ↑ Original version; the restored one lasts 116 minutes.